Storyline:
Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra pit as Beethoven conducts the work's debut. During the next two years, the final ones of Beethoven's life, Anna provides assistance to the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism. He tries to speak for God.

Cast:

Diane Kruger Anna Holtz

Ed Harris Ludwig van Beethoven

Phyllida Law Mother Canisius

Matthew Goode Martin Bauer

Joe Anderson Karl van Beethoven

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 5 Slot 76

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1